Author F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” While Fitzgerald’s quote pertains to his novel, “The Great Gatsby”, it enables the reader to gain insight into how a character fits into society. This quote is particularly pertinent in connection with Aimee Bender’s female protagonist in her short story, “Call My Name”. After inheriting millions from her deceased father’s invention of the adhesive wall hook, the woman is superior in society. She contemplates how, “she gives boring people something to discuss over corn” (16). The woman’s egotistical personality isolates the quality of her interpersonal relationships, resulting
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It is out of her realm of possibility to shop at a regular retail store. These types of stores are reserved for average people and she is too good for that. In addition, her love for fashion is emphasized when she describes, in great depth, what she is wearing to ride the subway. A maroon satin floor-length dress with matching sandals and “simple” diamond earrings. She derives immense pleasure from the attention she receives upon making her entrance. Specifically, the male attention, as she thinks to herself, “The men are pleased when I come on the subway…” (16). Quirky in her narcissistic nature, the woman chooses to spend her day on the subway, “auditioning men” (16). Again, the woman knows exactly what type of man she is looking for. Someone who makes her feel, “breathless and weak, crumpled by the entrance of another person inside my soul” (16). The protagonist is focused on pleasing herself and fulfilling her sexual desires and fantasies. She dismisses the wants, needs and feelings of other …show more content…
Through her love of extravagant clothes, she expects constant attention, particularly from men. In her critical observations of others, she lacks compassion toward people who are “beneath her”. As a result of her persistence in achieving her unique desires through her promiscuity, she is defeated. The woman experiences loneliness as she navigates her way through life, since others find her lack of compassion toward humanity unlikable. The woman’s negative ideology of society reflects the significance that money does not buy
It is out of her realm of possibility to shop at a regular retail store. These types of stores are reserved for average people and she is too good for that. In addition, her love for fashion is emphasized when she describes, in great depth, what she is wearing to ride the subway. A maroon satin floor-length dress with matching sandals and “simple” diamond earrings. She derives immense pleasure from the attention she receives upon making her entrance. Specifically, the male attention, as she thinks to herself, “The men are pleased when I come on the subway…” (16). Quirky in her narcissistic nature, the woman chooses to spend her day on the subway, “auditioning men” (16). Again, the woman knows exactly what type of man she is looking for. Someone who makes her feel, “breathless and weak, crumpled by the entrance of another person inside my soul” (16). The protagonist is focused on pleasing herself and fulfilling her sexual desires and fantasies. She dismisses the wants, needs and feelings of other …show more content…
Through her love of extravagant clothes, she expects constant attention, particularly from men. In her critical observations of others, she lacks compassion toward people who are “beneath her”. As a result of her persistence in achieving her unique desires through her promiscuity, she is defeated. The woman experiences loneliness as she navigates her way through life, since others find her lack of compassion toward humanity unlikable. The woman’s negative ideology of society reflects the significance that money does not buy